Katana liquor along with collecting and archiving

along with collecting and archiving practices

whether he uses them or not

and a selection of texts by Barbara Kozłowska

Benedikt Ledebur

It was in 2009 when Herbert Brandl (born in Graz in 1959) for the first time chose the monotype technique for realizing a comprehensive series of works dedicated to the subject of mountains and landscapes

Katana liquor along with collecting and archivingA year after his phenomenal painting exhibition at the Deichtorhallen in Hamburg in 2009 and immediately after an exhibition of his monotypes opened at the end of 2010 the Albertina in Vienna, Herbert Brandl had to undergo emergency surgery due to an acute aneurysm. The weapons used in the crime soon followed the traces made by the scalpel on his body, preserved in display cases and cabinets, as aesthetic, cultural visual aids; inspirational